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Best Mocktail Recipes for Dry January and Beyond

A Bar Above

We also have other creative mocktail recipes in a variety of articles about Dry January and zero-proof cocktails. ELEVATING ZERO-PROOF MIXED DRINKS It used to be that your only non-alcoholic options at a bar were water, soda, or something very sweet like a Shirley Temple.

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Pour Like the Pros: How One NYC Bartender Is Building the Future of Non-Alcoholic Cocktails by Turning to Crodino Spritz

VinePair

While kids who grew up stateside might have fond memories of their parents letting them drink sugary sodas at a birthday party, for him a bottle of Crodino with its slightly bitter finish was “a celebratory moment.” Crodino is made in much the same way as bitter botanical liqueur favorites like Aperol or Campari.

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Caffeine in the Non-Alc Aisle: Why More Brands Should Wake Up to Coffee

Dry Atlas

Lyre’s created a coffee liqueur, and Little Saints made an espresso martini, but few others followed suit. All The Bitter debuted its Cherry Coffee Bitters, a collaboration with Laura Silverman, which delivers tart complexity without leaning into sweetness. Now, more recent launches are giving the ingredient a second look.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Stocking Your Non-Alc Bar Cart

Dry Atlas

Rum White Cane Spirit Ritual Zero Proof Rum Alternative Your car cart needs a light rum for mojitos and daiquiris and Lyre’s knows exactly what they’re doing in this department. Ritual Zero Proof’s dark rum hits all the marks for tropical cocktails + rum punch. Nowadays, I find bitters essential to building a bar cart.

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Transforming Spirits to Liqueurs with Jonathan Adler and Danny Reylock of Shinji’s

VinePair

The ability to manage the delicate interplay between spirit, sweet, sour, bitter, and dilution separates great bartenders and mixologists from amateurs. Vodka became both the bittering agent and sweetener after an infusion with cinchona bark and golden raisin, the addition of honey, and a fat wash with beeswax for mouthfeel.

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BevX 2024: Xiquita Restaurante y Bar Brings Ancestral Traditions to Life

Cheers

For one, Xiquita, a BevX 2024 winner for Innovative Independent, boasts a robust selection of agave spirits, including mezcals, raicillas, sotols, bacanoras and tequilas, curated by beverage director Henry Ottrix, along with some zero-proof aguas frescas.

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Review: Lapo’s Aperitivo and Negroni (Non-Alcoholic)

Drinkhacker

We tried them both, courtesy of The Zero Proof, a retailer which focuses on NA wines and spirits. The overall impact on the palate however is very mild, with a much more manageable bitterness than authentic Campari provides.

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